Violence against women by male partners and against children within the family: Prevalence, associated factors, and intergenerational transmission in Romania, a cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Rada, Cornelia ^a  

^a ACADEMY OF ROMANIAN SCIENTISTS   (Romania)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Domestic violence; Family; Intimate partner violence; Physical violence; Psychological violence; Risk factors; Violence against women; Witnessed parental violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EDUCATION; EMOTIONAL ABUSE; FAMILY STUDY; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; GENDER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; ROMANIA; RURAL AREA; SEXUAL ABUSE; VICTIM; ADULT; AGED; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; ROMANIA; SPOUSE ABUSE; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893673781     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-129     Document Type: Article

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